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Salford

River Irwell

River Irwell is a stream in , . River Irwell is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the quarter .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Manchester Arena and Chetham’s Library.

Stadium
Photo: Rob Sinclair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an indoor arena in , England, immediately north of the and partly above Manchester Victoria railway station in air rights space.

Library
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chetham's Library in , England, is the oldest free public reference library in the English-speaking world. Chetham's Hospital, which contains both the library and , was established in 1653 under the will of Humphrey Chetham, for the education of "the sons of honest, industrious and painful parents", and a library for the use of scholars.

Railway station
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
in , England, is a combined main line railway station and Metrolink tram stop. Situated to the north of the on Hunts Bank, close to , it adjoins which was constructed on part of the former station site in the 1990s.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Strangeways and Blackfriars.

Suburb
is an area of inner north , England, around just north of the .

Quarter
is an outer-city suburb of in , England. It is situated along the banks of the River Irwell, close to the traditional centre of Salford at Greengate, between Manchester City Centre and Broughton.

Neighborhood
The is an area of , England, just north of the between , and the . From the mid-nineteenth century, the area, then known as Red Bank, was a slum housing impoverished Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, but is now home to digital start-ups and e-commerce businesses, new apartments, microbreweries, gin distilleries and restaurants.

River Irwell

Latitude
53.49055° or 53° 29′ 26″ north
Longitude
-2.25241° or 2° 15′ 9″ west
Elevation
92 feet (28 metres)
Open location code
9C5VFPRX+62
Geo­Names ID
9884108
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